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July 1, 2013

Cockerill & Van Helmond win 2013 Belgium GP

Cockerill & Van Helmond win Belgium GP

Last weekend was the 23rd running of the annual Belgium GP, under its new name ‘International Race Kampenhout’. The event is very popular, with many people requesting entries, but due to the nature of the event and venue the organisers keep an entry limit of 80 in 2wd and 70 in 4wd, allowing reasonable length days and plenty of track time, with open practice in the days preceding the event. It really is a great event, very relaxed atmosphere and a showcase for RC racing with is location in a park, where many activities take place over the weekend, drawing in many spectators and drivers from 8 countries.

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July 1, 2013

Jakarta Regional Rd3 win for Bowie Ginting

Round 3 of the Jakarta Regional 1/10 EP Championship was held at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit Senayan which is normally a nitro track, but had a modification to accommodate EP cars done and then ran in counter-clockwise direction. In the primary superstock 10.5 boosted class, Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot from Teddy Syach with only 0.037 seconds separated them. Heri Susanto completed the top 3. In Stock class, Ronald Kasengkang took a comfortable TQ by 6 seconds from Robert Hendrawan and Ignatius Ryan, while young racer Muhammad Izzah also took an easy TQ in the FWD class.

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July 1, 2013

Alan Bickerstaff wins 2013 Much-More UK GP

The 2013 Much-More UK GP is in it’s 8th year now with this weekend’s round at the Stonehaven circuit being paired up with another round later in the year at Carlisle Radio Model Car Club on August 17/18th. Stonehaven has always attracted strong support from racers from Northern Ireland and this year, BRCA National Associated driver, Alan Bickerstaff made the long journey along with Graham Kenny (Xray), Scott Kenny (Yokomo), Austin Elliott and Martin Kenny. Close racing was guaranteed with BRCA National T.O.P. Photon EX driver, Brian Eldridge also making the long trip north from London and some strong local drivers also in the mix.

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July 1, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins Spanish 1/8th EP Offroad Rd3

Last weekend, round 3 of the Spanish 1/8th EP Offroad Nationals was held at the Serracines track. The practice rounds were run on a very dusty track, without a clean racing line but for the first qualifying rounds, the grip was higher and the temperature over 30ºC, so you had to have a good package to be really competitive. Alberto Garcia TQ’d the first three qualifying rounds, ensuring the overall TQ, using the last two rounds to test different things looking for the main finals. For the final, Garcia could manage his speed and win the first two finals, taking the overall victory with his Serpent Cobra 811 Be and getting an important advantage for the championship. Agama driver Daniel Vega was 2nd with Sergio Martínez, also driving a Serpent, in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 30, 2013

Pro-Line Arizona Indoor Champs – Announcement

Pro-Line Arizona Indoor Champs - Announcement

The guys from Warehouse 3 Indoor R/C and Hobby shop in Peoria Arizona have gotten touch to promote the Pro-Line Arizona Indoor Champs which they are running at their new facility from the 16th to the 18th of August. The race is open to all 1/10th scale electric classes with bump ups and 10 minute A-mains. More details on the event and signup information can be found here.

June 30, 2013

Matthew Olson joins Team Zombie USA

Team MIP team driver Matthew Olson, winner of most Pro4 Short Course races in the USA this past year has joined Team Zombie USA. Matt will be using their newest design 7200mah Rampire series which is made to provide 10 plus minutes of run time for all of the heavy 4wd Short Course trucks on the market. We are proud to Have Matthew joining the team. Olson had this to say:

Thank you so much Team Zombie and Felix Law for the opportunity to represent Zombie Batteries for 2013 and beyond. My first outing with Zombie packs was beyond outstanding at this years ShortCourse Showdown held at Holeshot raceway were I TQ’d and Won 4×4 Short Course over Trinity driver JR Mitch! The ultra powerful 7200mah 75c 2-Cell Zombie packs held up to the Florida humidity and 7 min A-Main event. The batteries never faded and had plenty of juice left, to even finish a 10 min main if needed. Thank you again Zombie Batteries for providing me the power to top the charts.

Source: Express RC Hobbies [expressrchobbies.com]

June 29, 2013

Barnett take 4wd Mod at JBRL Series Rd4

Barnett take 4WD Mod at JBRL Series Rd4

Round 4 of the 2013 JBRL Series headed to the high desert community of Palmdale, California. After winning round one, Jimmy Barnett sought to return to the top step of the podium on the smooth blue-groove surface at Controlled Chaos Raceway. With two rounds of qualifying completed in the 4wd modified class, Barnett was on top of the time sheets and would start the single six-minute A Main from the pole. Taking full advantage of his grid position, Jimmy posted the win after a very close race that saw the top three drivers cross the line within two seconds. Jimmy’s victory marks the fourth straight win for the Reedy team and gives him a commanding point lead into round five at West Coast R/C.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 27, 2013

West London GP 2013 report

This past weekend was the West London GP 2013 sponsored by Schumacher Racing. With 88 Drivers competing at this event it was going to be a great weekend, the only thing that could have spoilt it was the great British Summertime weather. The weather forecast leading up to this event was very uncertain, with the possibility of heavy rain arriving over the weekend. On the Saturday morning all drivers arrived at the track and started setting up their pit area and gazebo, we noticed many sides being put on the gazebos due to the dark clouds looming above the circuit and also the strong winds that were present. Drivers briefing was called, which everyone attended and Pete Tims and Schumacher’s Mark Musgrove explained what the format was for the weekend and all the relevant information that the drivers would need. The race format to be used was 5 rounds of qualifying with the best 3 rounds to count, and then 3 leg finals for everybody with the best 2 final results counting towards the overall finishing position.

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